A stick (made of bamboo or another material) distributed to monks and used as a voting ballot or meal ticket. Also used by non-Buddhist orders as an identity certificate.

A bamboo stick distributed to monks and used as a voting ballot or meal ticket. Also used by non-Buddhist orders as an identity certificate.

A bamboo stick given to monks, listing their ordination name and used as a voting ballot, meal ticket, and/or means of identification. It was also used by non-Buddhist orders as a certificate of identity.

A bamboo stick given to monks, listing their ordination name as a means of identification.